Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 486 Magic Association
A banquet is not something particularly eye-catching for the Victoria Empire.

After all, even though the end of the world is approaching and various supplies are becoming scarce, aristocratic banquets are still held almost every day in the empire's homeland.

However, compared with the extravagant life in the past, there were fewer delicacies from overseas colonies on the tables of the nobles.

For example, roasted peacock, once the absolute star of the banquet, has become extinct because peacock can no longer meet the needs of the nobles. It has been replaced by traditional roasted whole lamb, or a huge roasted fish.

For the nobles, the lack of supplies did affect their luxurious life, but it did not stop them from pursuing luxury.

This simply changed their dining tables from pursuing novelty and specialness to returning to the traditional banquet dining style.

However, no matter how luxurious the banquets held by ordinary nobles were, they could not be compared with Perfectoct's coming-of-age banquet.

Not to mention the gap in status and wealth between the two, just the number of guests that can be invited is completely different between the two extremes.

To an ordinary aristocratic banquet, inviting a few nobles of the same level is already the limit. One or two nobles of higher status are the absolute protagonists and core of the entire banquet, and sometimes even overwhelm the influence of the banquet host.

But in a sense, there is no noble with a higher status than Perfectot at her coming-of-age party. Apart from the Queen and the eldest princess, the Earl of the North may not be the highest title in the entire empire, but the status of Guardian of the North and a senior official of the empire is already the most powerful status in the Victoria Empire.

In addition, Perfecto inherited Prince Edward's estate, so in a sense Perfecto even possessed a part of the royal identity and the right to inherit the throne.

Of course, this so-called right of inheritance is only a theoretical possibility. If Perfecto wants to inherit the throne, she needs to kill all the existing heirs, and then clear out all the people with royal blood in the direct and collateral lines of the royal family, and then it will be her turn.

After all, she has no royal blood, she just inherited Prince Edward's estate.

But this does not conceal the noble status of Perfectoto now, and the huge impact of her announcement to hold a coming-of-age party.

The simplest and most direct manifestation of this is that the Queen herself has made it clear that she will attend Perfecto's coming-of-age party, and Princess Anne will go with her.

The three ducal families who are qualified to serve as chairpersons of the Council of Nobles have all stated that the family patriarch, the duke himself, will attend the banquet in person.

Although the Duke of Gloucester has served as Speaker of the Council of Nobles for seven consecutive terms, breaking the tradition of the three major ducal families taking turns to serve as Speaker, this does not mean that the other two major ducal families have declined.

They simply lost a certain amount of political influence and capital, but did not disappear from the imperial political arena.

Even from a political perspective, the more their influence declines, the more they want to appear on such occasions and demonstrate their influence.

The three dukes and the royal family are already the most powerful and influential people in Victoria's aristocratic circle. In the entire aristocratic circle, apart from Perfectoct himself, there is probably no other aristocratic family with greater influence and status.

It is conceivable that the top noble circles have almost come out in full force, so what will the other nobles do? Not to mention that the military has always been a die-hard supporter of Perfect, and almost all the prominent figures in the military are present this time, and the senior generals of the navy and the army can be described as a gathering of stars.

In addition, businessmen, bankers and large factory owners who have a certain status and power in the empire are trying every means to get an invitation to the banquet.

For them, being invited is equivalent to entering the empire's top social circle and becoming a member of the upper class.

Those who were not invited were naturally inferior to those who were invited.

Because of this, some people who did not receive an invitation but really wanted to attend the party began to find ways to get an invitation.

Things like providing financial sponsorship, drinks and food for the banquet are already basic operations. Some people even tried to provide a specially customized large airship as the venue for the banquet, which really surprised many people.

Some of these people did successfully establish a relationship with the Northern Territory Lord's Mansion, and their sponsorship was accepted by the Lord's Mansion, so these people reluctantly got an admission ticket.

But this is only a very small number. After all, it is just a banquet. No matter how extravagant it is, it is affordable for top businessmen. Therefore, there are only a few businessmen or factory owners who have been evaluated to have certain strength and influence who can sponsor the banquet.

As for the large airship for banquets, Perfectoct decided not to take it after some consideration, mainly because it was an open-top one, and holding an open-air banquet in the current weather in the North was a bit out of line.

The church even sent three cardinals to attend the banquet in person, one of whom has already been confirmed as the next patriarch.

It can be said that the church has given Perfectot all the treatment they can. Not only that, they also formed a knightly order composed of judge knights under a section of the Inquisition, saying that they would give this knightly order as a gift for Perfectot to come of age.

This move by the church caught others off guard, and they didn't quite understand what the church was trying to do.

Some truly confidential information has not been widely circulated, and is still only known by the real high-level officials. This has resulted in a strange situation, where the middle and lower-level dignitaries are making all kinds of speculations about the knights sent by the church, but the top dignitaries who truly have the power to make decisions and the ability to interfere are all keeping silent.

However, at this time, Perfectcot was not concerned about the preparations for the banquet. Such matters were in the hands of her loyal old butler and the cooperation of officials from the North. It was not Perfectcot's turn to worry about it.

Her attention was drawn to a technical report submitted to her from Langton, and she was carefully studying the contents mentioned in the report.

That is, by constructing a constant temperature barrier on the energy tower and using the energy of the energy tower to support the operation of the constant temperature barrier, the technical concept of an open thermal energy heating field is realized.

"Magic Association? Why do they show up at this time?" While interpreting the technical report, Perfect was curious about why the Magic Association showed up at this time.

(End of this chapter)